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Pumpkin Ginger Vegan Ice Cream Recipe

The recipe below came to us from Johnson & Wales University, inspired by the record-breaking Vegan Banana Split seven Nutrition students made for their end-of-term project in vegetarian cuisine on February 26, 2015. The students created and built the World’s Heaviest Vegan Banana Split, a record that will be submitted for an entry in Guinness World Records.

The final weigh in came in at 1,251 pounds—over a half ton of toppings and student-made vegan ice cream with flavor varieties such as piña colada, Turkish coffee, mango ginger, and sweet corn and jalapeño.

Chef Adam Sacks said the students were able to “take a traditional concept, modify it, and create something healthier without a sensory sacrifice.” And they shared this giant spread of yumminess with everyone with a community tasting.

This end of term class project is part of Johnson & Wales University’s vegetarian cuisine course, where curriculum is focused on the daily production and preparation of nutritionally balanced vegetarian diets within three classifications: vegan, lacto, and lacto-ovo vegetarian diets. In addition to preparing vegetarian dishes, students explore the importance of why people choose vegetarian diets including cultural and global perspectives, economics and health.

Johnson & Wales University in Denver made this Vegan Banana Split for the record books.